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WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JR
Major · U.S. Army
September 8, 1940 – April 14, 1971
Service recordWilliam Carroll Elrod JR, of Byromville, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Byromville, Georgia (Dooly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 123
- CHRISTOPHER LORING MAHERPetty Officer Second Class · March 15, 1968
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · April 14, 1971
- JAMES JILES JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RONNIE ALBERT KERRPrivate First Class · April 14, 1971
- THOMAS EARL MACKEYConstructionman · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JILES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 123
From Byromville
- WILLIE JAMES MCKENZIECorporal · October 1, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.